Bardelys the Magnificent is a 1926 American silent romantic film directed by King Vidor and starring John Gilbert and Eleanor Boardman.
Roxalanne, still in love with Bardelys and guilty at causing his imminent death, marries Châtellerault on his promise to remit the sentence, but he breaks his word.
The two men fight and Bardelys repeatedly wins, when soldiers enter to arrest Châtellerault upon which he kills himself rather than suffer the indignity of a trial.
Bardelys the Magnificent was considered to be a lost film for many years, with only the trailer and a brief excerpt in Vidor's Show People (1928) surviving.
[2] It was restored, using production stills and footage from the film trailer to stand in for the missing section, and made available in 2008 for U.S. theatrical and DVD release.